On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 18:50:35 -0800 (PST), hanco...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote: >Around 1971 the Bell System implemented a major rate reduction and >rate structure change. All dialed direct calls became a minute >minimum instead of three minutes. Weekend and late-night calls dialed >direct calls became quite cheap, as low as 5c a minute for short >distances. This was a boon to college kids who were often up late at >night. (If direct dialing wasn't available the rates still applied).
The competition of "free" long distance calls for cellular phones and Internet phones hasn't yet finished this process. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
